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Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1887-04-20
Graining Wood.

A person must have considerable
practical experience in granting wood
before he can do real nice artistic
job, though almost any natural genius
may, after little practice, do very
fair work. Some Of the prettiest bits
Of granting ever saw were done by
cute little chap who made his combs
out of seasoned hickory. But this
was an exceptional case. To do nice
work a person should have an outfit
of the steel combs which are made for
the purpose. They come in different
sizes-coarse to fine. Fair work can
be done with two-medium coarse
and medium fine. They can be OBJ
tanned from almost any dealer in
paints and brushes. The surface to
be grained is first covered with a body
coat of white lead and oil, to which
is added little turpentine. If the
surface is already covered with paint,
one good coat of body paint will be
sufficient. If it is naked wood. put
on two coats, allowing the first to dry
before applying the second.
The color paint comes in cans al
ready mixed. If door is to be grain
ed, apply the color to the upper half
first, then grain it, if dry enough, be-
fore painting the lower half. This is
one of the main points to be learned
by experience. If grained before it is
dry enough, the color will run and
spoil the grain. If allowed to dry too
much it can not be grained. To grain
hold the comb at an angle of, say for.
ty-five degrees, and draw it rather
slowl y along the board, giving it the
little turns seen in the natural wood.
Have piece of flannel in the other
hand and wipe off the comb often
enough to prevent clogging or blur
ring. Continue the process on the
lower half of the door.
Let the beginner get piece of oak
board with nice natural grain in it
for a pattern If it has knot or two
and few curls in it, so much the bet
ter. Plane it smooth so that the
grain can be seen, then keep it by him
for reference. Practice on a piece of
board and learn how to hold the combs
so as to grain coarse or fine, curl about
a knot, make cut grains, etc. Grain
ing in imitation of cherry, mahogany
and other woods is done by using a
properly-colored body paint, and the
appropriate over color. After grain
ing is thoroughly dried it should be
vanished over.-Prairie Farmer.
Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1887-04-20
ALPENA WEEKLY ARGUS.
MISCELLANEOUS.
"MAUD."


"Tuosdays-At Homo" l raised the card
Aud read the greeting once again,
Ard felt once more within my heart
A thrill OF pleasure, all but pain
j saw as IN passing dream
A laughing face in red-gold hair.
That just ono little year ago
Was in my eyes the face most rair.
I'm back beside the summer sea,
With blue-eycd Maud upon the sand;
gaze INTO her winsome face,
hold once moro her little hand.
whisper honcycd words OF love
With many a sigh and tender look.
And there beside the sad sea waves
once again am 'coldly shook.
And now she sends this tinted card
With many a mystic meaning fraught
read. YOU see, betwixt the lines
I've learned the lesson that she taught
And though tho perfume that IL sheds
Brings memories OF other scenes.
eye IL with cynic smile.
Iknow. too well, just what IL means.
II means a softly shaded room,
And Maud nttired In witching gown
With regal coils of golden hair,
And tender eyes cast shyly down.
IL means the low, lmperious tones
With which she used, of old, 10 rulo;
A whispered word, n sigh, tear
II means an everlasting fool.
Ali Maud-you sent Il all too late,
This dainty card of colors rare.
1hRve no u,e for Soft blue Dyes
have no use for red gold hair.
I've been engaged two blissful weeks
girl at NnrrnRansett Pier
A Now York plumbers daughter she,
With thirty-thousand ease year.
kite X, In Judge.
Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1887-04-20
MORTGAGE SALE.


Default having been made in the terms and con-
ditions OF certain indenture OF mortgage, Fearing
date the first day of May A. d. 1888, and executed
by and between William o. Heath and Mary Jane
Heath his wife, OF Alpena, Michigan, OF the nrst
part and Charles Bowick, Andrew w. Comstock
and William b. Comstoek, firm OF bewlek, Com
stock 60, Alpena, Michigan, Of the second part,
and duly recorded In the office OF the Register OF
Deeds for the county Of A pena, on the LIST day
Of August, A. ID. 1885, IN liber OF mortgages, on
page TO- and by which said default the power Of
sale in said mortgage contained has become opera,
tive and II being claimed that there is now due and
unpaid, at the date hereof, on said mort ave, the
sum Of five hundred and ninety-sevon $1,000 dol
lars ts597S3l, for principal and interest, togeth-
er with an attorney fee OF twenty-five dollars,
(32600, provided for in said mortgage and no suit
OF proceeding, either at law or in equity, having
been instituted to recover the amount secured by
said mortgage or any part thereof now, therefore,
Notice is hereby given, that on the
18th day of JUNE, A. ID. 1887,
az two O'Clock in the afternoon OF said day, at the
front door Of the Court House, on Chisholm street,
in the city Of Alpena, county Of Alpena, and State
OF Michigan, that being the building in which the
Circuit Court for said county in which said mort
gagged premises are situated is held. there viii DO
sold at public auction, 10 the highest bidder, the
premises described in said mortgage, or 80 much
thereof may be necessary 10 satisfy the said debt
the interest thereon, and said attorney fee, and all
costs and charges allowed by law. said mortgaged
premises are situated in the township OF wilson,
county Of Alpena, State of Michigan, and describ:
ed as follows: All that piece or parcel OF land
descrit cd IN said mortgage MS follows, 10 WIT Inc
south half ~ Of the southeast quarter "a, OF
section thirty 1901 ia township thirty one 1871 north,
- CHARLES BEwICK,
ANDREW w. COMSTOCK,
WILLIAM d. CoMsToCK,
Mortgages.
J. B. Nswros.
Attorney for Mortgages.
Dated March 2lst, 1851.
Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1887-04-20
MORTGAGE SALE.


Default having been made In the terms and con-
dtions Of "a certain indenture Of mortgage, bearing
date the 18th day OF May, A. D. 1868, and exeouted
Harrington, his wife, OF Alpena, Michigan. Of the
first part and Aaron Jones' OF the same place OF the
second part, and duly recorded In tho office OF the
Register OF Deeds for the county OF Alpena, on the
10Th day OF July, A. d. 1869, in bor OF MORTGAGES,
on pages 773 and "a, and which said mortgage was,
the Sth day OF November A. ID. 1869, duly assign
ed BY said Aaron Jones TO John owen, OF Detroit,
Michigan, and said assignment was duly recorded
in the office of the Register OF Deeds for said coun-
ty of Alpena, on the 18th day Of November, A. ID.
1869, in Fiber of mortgages on page 10 and which
said m ortgsge was, on the 5th day of January, A.
ID, 1877, duly assigned by said John Owen TO George
n. Fletcher, of Detroit, and said assignment was
duly recorded in the Office Of the Register OF Deeds
for said county of Alpena on the 18th day OF jan
uary A. ID. 1877, in hber of mortgages, on page
81 and by which said default the power OF sale in
said mortgage contained has become operative, and
IL being claimed that there is now due and unpaid,
at the date hereof said mortgage the Of four
thousand two hundred dollars, tsi 20000J for prn-
cpa and interest, together With an attorney fee Of
mortgage, and no suit proceeding, either at law
or in equity having been instituted to recover the
amount secured by said mortgage, or any part
thereof, now, therefore;
Notice il hereby given, that on the
5th day Of May. A. ID. 1887,
At ten o'clock in the forenoon of said day, at the
front door Of the Court House, in the city Of AL
pena, county Of Alpens, and State of Michigan,
that being the building in which the Circuit Court
for said county in which said mortgaged premises
are situated is held, there will be sold at public
auction to the highest bidder the premises descrip
ed in said mortgage much thereof as may be
to satisfy the said debt the interest there
on and said attorney fee and all costs and charges
allowed by law. Said mortgaged premises are situ-
ated in the counties OF Alpena and Altoona, State
Of Michigan, and described follows: All those
pieces parcels of land described in said mortgage
as follows 70 wit; The undivided half Of Q
4 of wH,seh ofseH and s.w ofs
Of section S2i NV y of NV 4 and g 4 OFFS
Of section 81 all in township 20 north, of range
east, in the county Of Alpens. Ne Of Nv
n W u OF N u and 4 Of sc Il Of section 4; eE
Of "a and Of sc of section 5; 4 Of n .
Use and n y of Q y Of section 8; n y Of
a NV y Of NV \, y of sc y and W \ OF n
Q \ OF section 8; nwHof ne 4 Of section 10; n
W Z, ne 4 OF swN, $50 d OF u and n W
u 81 s e of section II NV u ofneH and n 4
Of " u Of section Is, all in township % north, OF
range east, in the county of Altoona.
GEORGE N FLETCHER,
Assignee
GRO. II. SLEAIoR,
AttOrnav fOv Assi0nea
Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1887-04-20
Ancient Carriages.

There is evidence that the use of
certain kind of carriages date from a
very remote antiquity. When Pha-
roah advanced Joseph to- the second
place in Egypt che made him to ride
in the second chariot which he had !"
and later, Joseph, by command of
the king sent wagons out of the
land of Egypt to convey Jacob and
my mother has been afflicted with
Bronchitis for about 20 years, and
very bad at times. She is using Piso's
Cure for Consumption, and it gives
her more relief than anything she has
ever taken.
j. H. CARLTON.
Union Centre. ILL.,, March 8, 1885.
his whole family to the land Of his
adoption. Thus at this early period
there were two distinct types Of car
riage in use among the civilized in
habitants of Egypt-a country which
from its level character presented ia
cilities for the development of this
species of conveyance. The use of
chariots in Egypt and among the ear
ly nations generally was reserved for
rulers and warlike leaders.
1t was among the Romans that the
use of carriages attained great varie-
ty of form as well as richness Of orna-
mentation. At all times the employ
ment of carriages depended greatly
on the condition of the roads over
which they had to be driven, and the
establishment of good roads, such as
the Appian Way, constructed 33l B.
C. and others, greatly facilitated the
development Of carriage travelling
among the Romans. In Rome itself,
and probably also in other large towns.
it was necessary to restrict travelling
in carriages to few persons Of high
rank, owing to the narrowness and
crowded state of the streets.
Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1887-04-20
oRrGAaR SALE.


Default having bOen made In the terms and CON-
ditons OF a certain indenture OF mortgage, bearing
date the 18th day Of December A. d. 1859, and exc
SssS 8aSrSrton M, rife Of Apenn Miohissn Of
the first part and John Owen, OF Detroit, Michigan,
OF the second part, and duly recorded In the Once
on the 18th day OF December A. D. 1855, in Mbsr
S 81 0 va. on the day o. January a D. 1875.
dull assigned BY said John Owen TO George T.
recorded in the otioe Of the Register OF Deeds
for said county Of Alpena, on the 2Sth day OF
April A. D. isIS in lS S,t q M, mortgages, on p'ge
said mortgage contained has become operative, and
It being claimed that there 10 now due and unpaid
at the date hereof on said mortgage. the sum q
interest together with attorney fee Of one hun
bred dollars (tlOO.0o) provided for in said mort
gage and no suit OF proceeding either at law or IN
equity, having been Instituted to recover the
amount secured by said mortgage, or any part
Thereof, now, therefore,
Notice is hereby given that on the
9Th DAY OF MAY, A. ID. 1887,
at ten o'clock in the forenoon Of said day, at the
front door Of the Court House. In the city OF Alpe.
ma, county Of Alpena, and State Of Michigan, that
being the building in which the Circuit Court for
said county In which said mortgaged premises are
situated Is held there will DO sold at public auction
10 the highest bidder, the premises described IN
necessary TO satisfy the said debt the interest there
on and said attorney fee and all costs and charges AL
lowed by law. Sand mertgaged premises are situat,
Michigan, and described as follows: All those
pieces or parcels of land described in said mort.
gage az follows, TO wit; sci ofsw OF
"a and see Of swk Of section 81. all Ia town.
ship 20 north. Of range east, in the county Of
Alpena. Mex of nwH and ssH OF sw OF
Of sc u Of section 1; Of n . u and Of
u of section s; sn ofn Y, seM and u ofn ~ Of
section q n OF NV ofnwk,s Of
"a Of section 10; NV 4. neH Of swk Of
eA and " x OF 10 Hof section II W y Of
neT and n u Of nwX OF section Is, all In town
GEORGE N. FLETCHER,
Assignee.
Gro II SLRI-oR
Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1887-04-20

The first Massachusetts, ship was
built in Mcdford i'm 1888, and was of
sixty tons burden. This was the be-
ginning of shipbuilding in New Eng
land. The same year water mill was
built nj Dorchester, and another by
Mr.. BANNER at Roxbury. These were,
the first water mills in New England
---Boston budget.
Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1887-04-20
Notice for Publication.
Land Office at Detroit, Mis q

Land Office at Detroit, Mich,
March 18th, 1881.
Notice ia hereby given that the following named
settler has filed notice of his intention 70 make
nnal proof in support OF his claim and that saia
proof will be made before the county clerk Of Al
psna county, at Alpena, Mich on the 25rd day
Of April 1857, viz; William H. Egle, for the n
He names the following witnesses 10 provo his
continuous residence upon, and cultivation Of said
land, viz: James H. King, Of Wilson, Aipena
county; George /. Smith, OF Wilson, Alpena
county George Convey, Of Wilson, Alpena coun-
~; Joseph k Smith, OF wilson Alpena county.
WILLIAM TOKEN,
Register.
Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1887-04-20
CHERIFF's SALE.

-
Notice / hereby given that by virtue Of writ OF
ere facias issued out Of the Circuit Court for the
county Of Apena, in favor Of Alonzo Mcbride,
plaintiff, akainst the goods and chattles lands and
tenements of Francis j. McGinty, in said county,
TO me directed and delivered, did on the 2lst day
Of February 1887 levy upon and take all the right
title and interest OF the said Francis j. Mc(inty
in and TO the following real estate, to wit: The
southeast quarter Of the southeast quarter OF
section :. township 81 north, of range east All
of which will offer for SALE at public auction, to
the highest bidder, ut the front door Of the Court
House. in the city of Alpena, in said county, on
Saturday the S0th day Of April 1887, at two o'clock
In the afternoon of said day.
CHAS. l.. LYNCH,
Sheriff.
J. Is. NEWTON,
Attorney for plsintif si4w7
Dated March IL, 1887
Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1887-04-20

AT an auction sale Of some genuine
antiquities in Philadclphia n New York
Extra Sun, printed in 1885. sold foi
forty cents
Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1887-04-20

a. pleasant. and
results, arc Ackcr's Dyspcpsi. Tablets:
Recommended by physicians and endorsed
by all who havo used them. Tho best
remedy for Dyspepsia, Flatulcncy and Con.
stipation. Guaranteed. and sold at Roc. By
For sale by Perkins & 70.
Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1887-04-20

After mature consideration II has
been decided that tho uses Of adversely,
however sweet, are a. nothing com
pared with advertising. IHi'odeipk:a
Call.
Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1887-04-20

Group is fatal IL not quickly relieved.
Surprise Liniment cures Group speedily.
Have 1t ready for use. At druggists.
Surprise Medicine Co, Sandusky. o. S14y1
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Sanduskv o. Nov 27. 1885.

Sandusky, O., Nov. 81, 1885.
have used Surprise Liniment for rheu-
matism and testify that it is the very best
remedy ever tried. My wife used 1t for
sore throat and found speedy relief. Ed
ward Colley, coal dealer. Sl4y1
Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1887-04-20
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Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1887-04-20

"A ''palindrom :" is Il sentence that
reads the same forward as backward.
One of the best W, have ever seen is
that which the Lowell Courier claims to
have originated: Emo, il is opposition.
-Bnrlington Free Press.
Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1887-04-20
Little Johnny's Wish.

"Papa, l wish you would help mo
translate my Latin exercises" said
Johnny Fizzletop.
81 can't do il, my son"
Didn't your parents make you learn
Latin when you were a b)yp'
"No, Tommy, thoy did not make me
learn Latin"
"What good parents you must have
had. wish mine were that way
7cras Sytings.
When General Butler was in COM
mand at New Orleans citizen was
brought in who had been found with
arms in his posses sion contrary to the
order. He pleaded that the arms
were only family relies. That, Cen
eral. was my fathers sword" when
did your father die, sr?'' "In 1857,
General" "Thcn he must have worn
the sword in the otncr world, sir, for IL
was made in 1858. ~ Y. Mail.
Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1887-04-20
GEORGE N. FLETCHER,
Assignee

Gro. II. SLBAroR,
Attorney for Assignee,
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1887-12-19
NEWS OE TIE DAY.

Macys establishment IN New York is TO
be bought out by syndicate.
S. P. Rounds, editor OF the Omaha Repub
licaa and ex public printer, died in Omaha
on Saturday.
James P Foster, CT New York, an enthu.
sastic Blaine man, was elected president OF
the National League of republican clubs.
The Pennsylvania Railroad will, at an
early day, put on train vestibue cars to
run between Philadelphia and points in
Florida.
A fair to raise money to build an asylum
for destitute Masons and their widows and
ORPHANS closed in New York on Saturday,
having netted 100000.
1t is announced that Col. Henry T. Doug,
lass, chief engineer of the Baltimore and
Ohio railroad, will probably be appointed
second vice president.
VIM. W. Jordan, faith doctor, killed a
colored woman at Selma, Ala az sacrifice,
and the colored people Of the place are now
talking of lynching him.
Dr.. Mackenzie says he is favorably im
pressed with the condition of the Crown
Prince of Germany, and that the existence
of cancer is more doubtful than Oh The coca,
sion of his last visit to San Reno.
Judge Kilbreth, at the Tombs Police Court
in New York, on Saturday, rendered his
decision in the case of Henry S. Ives,
charged with larceny by Mr.. Dexter. The
Judge dismissed the complaint and dis,
charged the accused.
The converting, blooming and rail de
partments of the Edgar Thompson So 81
Works at Braddocks, Pa, were closed down
| Saturday and the several Thousand en-.
ployes notified that for the present there
would be no work for them.
Robert Montgomery, formerly an actor in
Mrs. D. P. Bowers's company, and now q
clerk in New York, was arrested Saturday,
charged with numbering his wife, whose
body was found in the yard of their dwell
| ling, half dressed and pistol wound in the
left breast. Montgomery said he was not
married to the woman, whose name was
Nellie Southwick, of Seneca Falls, N. Y.
He said they had quarreled the night before
over ring she had pawned to buy him o
Christmas present. He went out, got drunk,
came home and went to bed, and knew
nothing of her death until arrested while in
| bed.
The bodies Of the four narchists-Parsons,
SPIES Fischer and Engel-who were hanged
November II, with that OF Lingg, who es
capped the galows by killing himself, were
placed in their fiual resting place, in Valid
helm Cemetery, near Chicago, yesterday.
TIE grave was twelve feet deep and reach.
ed by an inclined plane. Ae the bottom
was block of granite, on which rested 3
bed of cement Granite blocks are the wals,
and two blocks of granite foot thick the
top About SEQ people went out on the
special funeral train. There was no disor.
der. Capt Black, Paul Grottkau, of Mil
wsukee, ard Albert Curtin, of st. Louis
smoke.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1887-12-19
s@9l9gz 5S,
TO-DAY's TELEGRAp1E1C NEWS.
From Richmond.

Special Dispatch to the Alexandria Gazette.l
RICHMOND, Va, Dec. 19.-The time for
the consideration of the Senate bill increas-
ing the salary OF the judge of the Corporation
Court of Alexandria, was to day changed to
Wednesday morning by tho Senate commit
tee for courts of justice. A similar bill in
the House has been referred to the commit
tee of which Mr.. Ryan. OF Loudoun, is chair
man. He said to day that the committee
would like 10 hear from the Alexandria peo-
pie in regard to the matter.
A majority report of the fioauce commit
tee was submitted liz the Senate 10 day in
regard to the debt The report recommends
the suspension Of hostilities on the part of
the State. 30 to speak, for so days. A mi
nority report was submitted grating no
time wha ever and declaring against re open.
ing negotiations with the bondholders.
The Judge for Alexandria will not be nomi.
rated in the caucus to night aud the nomi
nation will be postponed till after Christmas.
3 P. O.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1887-12-19
KiIrain and Smith.

LONDON, Dec 19.-The prizs fight be
tween Kilrain and Smith ia supposed to be
progressing at this hour in the vicinity of
Rouen, France.
1t ia reported here that the fight between
Kilrain and Smith has taken place and that
the referee will reserve his decision until he
arrives in England.
1t is learned this afternoon that the fight
between Kilrain and Smith was fixed to
take place at one o'clock this afternoon on
An island in the river Seine, twenty miles
from Rouen. Many patrons of the turf
have left England for France during the last
few days by different routes. On Friday
Kilrain with his trainer aud few friends
crossed the Channel by the Dover boat
Kilrain was not recognized at any part OF
the journey, probably owing to the change
in his appearance which the shaving off his
heavy moustache created. Smith, with his
principal supporter and Jim Howe, his train
er, crossed on Thursday. The sea on that
day was exceeding rough, and Smith suffer
ed severely from seazickness. He was
obliged to spend the night in Calais and cid
not reach Rouen until F.iiay. He stopped
at the Hotel d'Albion in Rouen, while Xii.
rain had quarters at a hostelry only 20yards
away. On Saturday both men shook hands
1t was arranged that the steamer should Re
ready opposite the hotel to convey the whole
party 10 the grounds selected for the fight.
1t was feared that the secret had leaked out
in FIance and that the gendarmes might pos
sibly interfere and prevent the meeting
Both men were we'll and anxious to fight.
In London to-day the betting is 8 to l on
Smith with no takers.